Total Crime Rate

451.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 451.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 194.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 70.2 10/10
  • Public order 40.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.8 9/10
  • Other theft 33.4 10/10
  • Burglary 26.8 10/10
  • Drugs 16.7 9/10
  • Other crime 13.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sycamore Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ashington Central , and the 31st highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sycamore Street (NE63 0QB) in the last 12 months was 451.5 per 1,000 residents and was 108.3% higher than the Ashington Central average (216.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 237.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sycamore Street (NE63 0QB), the main crime hotspot is near Fifth Avenue. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sycamore Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Burglary Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lesbury Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lesbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bywell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bywell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milburn Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milburn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Milburn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Norham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sixth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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